I won this in a raffle at the Chili Cookoff I was competing in and at first I was gonna sell it but since I live in an apartment I can actually use it. By my surprise I actually like it. It does not have fire so don't expect it to be awesome but if you want a sear on your meat and vegtables and you can't have charcoal or propane this is not a bad thing to have. Glad I got it for free or $5 actually.

The Char Broil Patio Bistros represent the next evolution in patio cooking. The Patio Caddies, which were staples for Char Broil over the past decade, have been updated in design as well as cooking performance. The new Patio Bistros, are available in both electric and glass (this one is electric). The compact size, quality design, and solid construction, combined with Char Broil's continued expansion of their award winning infrared technology, yields a sleek grill and easy to use performance based grill. The Electric Patio Bistro looks like a gas grill and features precision dial electric control, a porcelain coated premium cooking grate, and 1750 watts of grilling power. As far as space the 320 square inches of grilling surface can accomodate between 8 and 12 hamburgers.